Multimodal Predictive Computations in Mice and Fish.
- April 28, 2026
- 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
- Carson Family Auditorium (CRC)
Event Details
- Type
- Center for Studies in Physics and Biology Seminars
- Speaker(s)
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Johnatan Aljadeff, Ph.D., assistant professor, University of California, San Diego
- Speaker bio(s)
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The brain constructs internal predictive models of the world to guide behavior. We have recently proposed a neural network model that performs predictive processing in scenarios where multimodal sensorimotor associations are high-dimensional. In the first part of the talk I will discuss insights into the neural mechanisms mediating these computations; and efforts to test predictions of our model based on recordings in the mouse auditory cortex. In the second part I will discuss our modeling of interaction rules between fish underlying schooling behaviors. Our findings suggest that those interactions rely on learned predictive computations similar to those we studied in mice, thereby generating hypotheses for the circuit reorganization that supports the emergence of schooling. The two projects were led by my former students Dr. Bin Wang and Dr. Palka Puri, in collaboration with David Schneider and Matthew Lovett-Barron.
- Open to
- Public
- Reception
- Refreshments, 3:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m., Lower Level Greenberg Building (CRC)
- Phone
- (212) 327-8636
- Sponsor
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Melanie Lee
(212) 327-8636
leem@rockefeller.edu